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An Establishment Columnist Admits Middle Class Being Eroded

"America's working middle class has been eroding for a generation, and it may be about to wash away completely." An admitted "free-trade liberal," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman nevertheless sees big trouble ahead for the nation because of outsourcing and foreign competition.

Meeting in Tunisia Will Consider Giving UN Control Over the Internet

"That's right--there's a plan afoot to put critical Internet infrastructure under the control of the UN--the same outfit that has given us the oil-for-food scandal and a child prostitution ring in Congo." In her column appearing in the Boston Globe, Hiawatha Bray strongly urged the Bush administration to protect "tax-free, censorship-free, and politics-free" use of the American-invented Internet from the clutches of the world body.

Conservative Editor Points to Many Compromises to Support Bush

"But five years into Mr. Bush's presidency, conservatives have cause to re-evaluate their compromises." Commenting that many conservative backers of the president have had to swallow hard because of his policies regarding the budget, immigration, Medicare expansion, court appointments, and more, National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru acknowledged the dramatic erosion of right-wing support for Mr. Bush.

Scientist Who Backs Intelligent Design Claims Bias Among Peers